New York Woman Sentenced to 2½ Years for Conspiring to Distribute Heroin and Crack

Bangor, Maine:  United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Melina Snead, a/k/a “Lady,” 25, of Rochester, New York, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 2½ years in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute heroin and cocaine base, commonly known as “crack.”  The defendant pled guilty on May 24, 2018.

According to court records, between June 2015 and March 2017, Snead conspired with others to acquire heroin and crack in Rochester and transport it to Central Maine for distribution. The defendant sold the drugs from several “trap houses” in Central Maine.

The case was investigated by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, and the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Department, with assistance provided by the Augusta Police Department. This case was investigated and prosecuted as part of the Department of Justice’s Strategy to Combat the Opioid Epidemic.